The store-and-forward buffer required for asynchronous data interpolation (ADI) in analogue speech is analysed using a queueing model with single server having 1st-order Markov interruptions. The buffer-content probability generating function and probability mass function are derived. It is shown that the empty-buffer probability in the finite buffer equals that of the infinite buffer with its off...
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A discrete adaptive equaliser for synchronous data transmission is presented, based on fast convolution techniques and efficient Fourier transform computation algorithms. Mean-square error minimisation is automatically performed in the discrete frequency domain by using Rosen's gradient projection method. Algorithms are developed to enable the equaliser control to estimate both mean-square error g...
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A data path suitable for a string-processing machine has been designed, for fabrication in n MOS VLSI. The machine, which is called Henry, is suitable for recognising patterns, and for making insertions and deletions within a string of characters. It is designed to be `byte-sliced¿¿, and a production Henry would process a whole line of characters in parallel. Associated with each byte is a mask bi...
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A new and efficient technique for the generation of near-minimal covers of Boolean functions is described. For the identification of all prime implicants covering a particular minterm, use is made of a fast in-place transformation. Crucial points in such covering procedures are the decision which of the minterms to process next and which of its prime implicants to use in the near-minimal cover. Bo...
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The high speed buffer or cache type of memory hierarchy is a widely used technique to provide an effective memory access speed up in the main memory of a computer system. The paper reviews the potential of extending cache techniques to the control memory level of a computer. A brief introductory review is made of microprogramming and cache techniques before discussing control-store cache applicati...
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Aims & Scope

Published from 1980-1993, IEE Proceedings E contained significant and original contributions on computers, computing and digital techniques. It contained technical papers describing research and development work in all aspects of digital system-on-chip design and the testing of electronic and embedded systems, including the development of design automation tools. It was aimed at researchers, engineers and educators in the fields of computer and digital systems design and testing.